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Investigators in Effingham County have discovered part of the body of a missing Savannah man in the home of the suspect who was gunned down after holding a woman hostage Friday in the Rincon area.

The partial remains of Charles Ray, a Savannah man who went missing New Year's Eve, were discovered by police late Friday evening in the home of Chad Moretz, 34, of Rincon. Moretz was gunned down by the Savannah SWAT team Friday after holding his wife Kimberly Moretz hostage in their Whitehall Ave. home for almost five hours.

Effingham County Sherriff's Office spokesman David Ehsanipoor said in a press conference Saturday afternoon that authorities believe Moretz is responsible for Ray's death. Other partial remains of Ray's body were also discovered in a storage unit in Jasper County, S.C., Ehsanipoor said.

Authorities received information that a body may be inside the home during the process of Friday's hostage standoff, Ehsanipoor said.

After securing a search warrant and locating the partial remains in Moretz's home, investigators say they appear to match the body with that of the remains found earlier in Jasper County, S.C. An autopsy has confirmed that the remains found in S.C. belong to Ray.

Moretz's wife, Kimberly, and her brother, Kevin Lambert, 38, of Fla., have both been charged with concealing a body and are being held in the Effingham County Jail.

Kimberly Moretz had previously been taken to Memorial University Medical Center Friday evening for minor injuries related to the hostage situation.

For more on this story, follow Effingham editor Deann Komanecky on Twitter at @deannsk, and come back to savannahnow.com later.

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My heart is aching for this family. There is a horrible relief in knowing what happened to our missing loved ones. It is outweighed by the pain of knowing what happened. Spoken from personal experience.

This YULB character needs to be banned from this blog...he posts nearly violent and totally un-informed and ignorant responses to any and all SMN articles. Sort of like having Rush Limbaugh on here, but YULB's responses are invasive and uncalled for...he does not need a forum for his diatribes. Ban him or ignore him....

eastside: you must be new around here, cover ups are the norm... Yulb is the least of your worries. Cover your eyes.

PS I think you're frontin'... no one from the eastside uses the word "diatribe" lol

I wonder why they didn't check out this house for Charlie days ago when it was said he was seen there since going missing. I can totally believe every allegation of that lawsuit too. I'm not one to cry for criminals, but ppl like Charlie do not deserve that. The guards that did that knew damn well he couldn't do a thing to help himself. Sick. I'm sure these tendencies show up in psych evals... they must ignore that or not do any during the hiring process. Very scary for the misdemeanor folks who vacay at the County Hotel.

Was a super cool guy, well grounded, and sincere. I was lucky enough to know him briefly as a friend. Im so sad to read this and for what his family must be going through. I hope everyone involved in his murder are discovered and burned on a stake.